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Katharina Liensberger lost the victory again, in the Zagreb slalom only Petra Vlhova was faster.
Zagreb She comes closer. And that is why Katharina Liensberger was really happy for second place in the World Cup slalom at Bärenberg in Zagreb. “It was a fight on the edge. So I am very happy to have been able to get second place ”. This time it was the leader of the World Cup, Petra Vlhova, who snatched the victory from the skipper’s hands. The Slovakian won with a five hundredths of a second advantage, Semmering winner Michelle Gisin came in third.
Vlhova was challenged
“I hope the hundredths are on my side at some point.” For the 23-year-old Liensberger, it was the seventh podium in his World Cup career, after the Semmering race he was second for the second time in a row. There he had to let Gisin advance by 0.11 seconds on Tuesday.
The race was decided in the last meters by the steep slope. Vlhova, like Liensberger, did not stay flawless on the salt court, but the VSV runner pulled out a lot between late goals and saved the fourth fastest running time in the decision. Vlhova, on the other hand, was only eleventh, but it was enough for Zagreb’s second win after last year. “I just fought, made sure to stay on course, built up speed and took it with me,” Liensberger emphasized.
“The girls are very fast,” said Vlhova, who was happy about the victory at the end. “I always have to be on the edge, because they are a great challenge.” Gisin also spoke of difficult conditions. “A perfect race was no longer possible. That is why I am very, very satisfied despite a mistake on the last slope. It was a great goal for me to be on the podium one day in Zagreb, ”said the Swiss.
Four-time Snow Queen Trophy winner Mikaela Shiffrin was left empty this time, the American only finished fourth and missed her 100th World Cup podium. While the deficits of Gisin (+0.22 seconds) and Shiffrin (+0.27) illustrate the extremely tight peak, the rest of the competition fell significantly behind the top four: in fifth place, Canadian Erin Mielzynski was already 1.40 back.
Relapse in the second race
Chiara Mair finished ninth (+2.42), Katharina Gallhuber finished eleventh (+2.59). They both fell back after sixth and ninth respectively at halftime. “It was very, very difficult with the tracks in the second heat. I couldn’t do what I wanted to do, ”Mair analyzed. She has “chosen twice when I didn’t even touch the goal. So it’s hard to get back into the rhythm. “
Franziska Gritsch rose at half time 18. In the final, Katharina Huber fell into reserve a few goals before the goal and fell. Until then, Lower Austria had shown good intermediate times. “It bothered me that I lost so much in the first race and now I wanted to cross the finish line. Unfortunately that didn’t work out, ”Huber said angrily. “It hurts a lot right now.”
A few days after the severe earthquake in Croatia, the weather created difficult conditions. Rain, fog, and temperatures well above freezing created problems for the slope and thus for the runners. Tyrolean Lisa Hörhager, 19, missed the top 30 in her World Cup debut in 48th place.
“I hope the hundredths are on my side at some point.”
